Circle, Alaska
2,428 opinions mention this place
Circle (also called Circle City) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 100. Circle is 260 km (162 miles) northeast of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway. Circle was named by miners in the late 1800s who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is actually about 80 km (50 miles) north of Circle. Circle is also the unofficial northern terminus of the Pan-American Highway. Every February, Circle City hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.
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Landmark decisions involving Circle
- Saenz v. Roe (1999)526 U.S. 489
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- United States v. Lopez (1995)514 U.S. 549
- Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios (1984)464 U.S. 417
- Spinelli v. United States (1969)393 U.S. 410overruled
- Parker v. Ellis (1960)362 U.S. 574overruled
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944)322 U.S. 533
- Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)310 U.S. 586overruled
- Rose v. Himley (1808)8 U.S. 241overruled
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Opinions mentioning Circle
- 607 F2D 621Maggipinto v. Reichman
- 606 F2D 760First National Bank Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
- 603 F2D 415United States v. Cerilli
- 599 F2D 759United States v. Hatfield
- 599 F2D 120United States v. Cunningham
- 599 F2D 113United States v. Orrico
- 596 F2D 799Lambert v. Will Bros.
- 594 F2D 499Cathodic Protection Service v. American Smelting & Refining Co.
- 593 F2D 865Bud Antle, Inc. v. United States
- 593 F2D 1314Consumer Product Safety Commission v. Anaconda Co.
- 592 F2D 698Grouby v. Abdallah
- 590 F2D 1011Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Costle
- 588 F2D 626Mahlandt v. Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, Inc.
- 586 F2D 899United States v. Rucker
- 586 F2D 1163Lupia v. Stella D'Oro Biscuit Co.
- 585 F2D 210Archie v. Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union
- 584 F2D 1044Sedgwick v. Superior Court for the District of Columbia
- 580 F2D 827United States v. Gordon
- 579 F2D 20Columbia Metal Culvert Co. v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
- 579 F2D 1077Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
- 577 F2D 683In the Matter of James William Vickers, Debtor. The Kansas State Bank and Trust Company, Creditor-Appellant v. James William Vickers, Debtor-Appellee
- 577 F2D 1304United States v. Johnson
- 576 F2D 1157Rush PETTWAY Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
- 573 F2D 811Constructors Ass'n v. Kreps
- 571 F2D 880United States v. Elliott
- 569 F2D 304Carolina Casualty Insurance v. Underwriters Insurance
- 569 F2D 1013Village of Bellwood v. Gladstone Realtors
- 566 F2D 560United States v. Baldarrama
- 566 F2D 1245Federal-Mogul Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 566 F2D 107Washington Mobilization Committee v. Maurice J. Cullinane, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department
- 565 F2D 736Teleprompter Cable Communications Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 564 F2D 964Ernest E. Burgess v. M/v Tamano, Appeal of United States of America
- 564 F2D 1073White v. Carolina Paperboard Corp.
- 563 F2D 793Cape v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass'n
- 562 F2D 838East Hartford Education Ass'n v. Board of Education of East Hartford
- 561 F2D 41Blue Sky L. Rep. P 71,388 Junius K. Tremps v. Ascot Oils, Inc., and James R. Cunningham
- 560 F2D 761Nathan v. Tenna Corp.
- 559 F2D 759Elliott v. Michael James, Inc.
- 558 F2D 1090Novelty Textile Mills, Inc. v. Joan Fabrics Corp.
- 557 F2D 506Jiminez v. Estelle
- 556 F2D 589United States v. First National Bank of Circle
- 556 F2D 1319United States v. Graves
- 555 F2D 985CBS Television Network Affiliates Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 554 F2D 356Cox Bakeries of North Dakota, Inc. v. Timm Moving & Storage, Inc.
- 554 F2D 1118National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission
- 553 F2D 837Munoz v. Flota Merchante Grancolombiana, S.A.
- 553 F2D 581Manhart v. City of Los Angeles
- 553 F2D 398Perini Corporation and Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company, Plaintiffs v. The First National Bank of Habersham County, Georgia, the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, New York, Perini Corporation and Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company, Plaintiffs v. The First National Bank of Habersham County, Georgia, and the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia
- 551 F2D 614Stock v. Commissioner
- 549 F2D 1356Tenn v. First Hawaiian Bank